Changes in nonfarm employment since inauguration under the last two administrations:
Feel the boom!
Points to notice:
1. The official recession may have been short, but the employment recession of 2001-2003 was anything but
2. The administration’s habit of counting job gains since August 2003 is revealed for the cheap trick it is
3. Even during the good years, job growth under Bush was slower than the average under Clinton…
Inserted from <Krugman Blog>
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The one thing that the chart does not show is that most of the few jobs created under the Bush/GOP Reich are either part time or require the ability to say, “Do you want fries with that?”
McDumDum has promised to follow the same policies that brought us to this state.
Cross-posted from Politics Plus
April 8, 2008 at 3:44 am
>>”The one thing that the chart does not show is that most of the few jobs created under the Bush/GOP Reich are either part time or require the ability to say, “Do you want fries with that?””
To the Bush upper-managment, “Are you willing to do jail time?”
Great post.
April 9, 2008 at 5:10 am
Welcome, LB. LOL!! Good one. I fully agree!! Thanks!